Chapter 293: Should I Call You Master?

Zhao Ruoying tidied up her desk while Chen Erbao opened the window. He used his Spiritual Power to conjure a light breeze, dispelling the odor in the air.

After getting dressed, Zhao Ruoying sat gracefully on her chair and looked at Chen Erbao. "What are your plans now?"

Chen Erbao pondered for a moment. "I'm planning to establish a conglomerate, incorporate all my current businesses into it, and then manage them centrally."

"That's a good idea. But... if you don't have enough money, ask me. I'll figure something out. Don't go to outsiders."

Zhao Ruoying seemed lost in thought before finally saying in a solemn voice.

Chen Erbao nodded. "Don't worry. I won't give away my shares. I've poured my heart and soul into every one of my businesses, and I plan to keep a firm grip on them."

Chen Erbao paused before continuing, "Ruoying, I'm planning to give you some shares in the face mask company. You can get involved with the management from now on. What do you think?"

On the surface, he was asking about the shares, but he was really asking about Zhao Ruoying's future plans.

Whether she was planning to focus on climbing the political ladder or had other intentions.

Zhao Ruoying understood his real question and hesitated. "I'm fine with either, really. It's just that my family hopes... Never mind. Let me think about it some more. We can talk about it later."

She didn't know what to do right now.

If she continued down the political path, she'd have less time to spend with Chen Erbao, and she might even be used as a pawn in a political marriage to strengthen the Zhao Family's influence. But if she went into business instead, her father would definitely be furious...

'If I can't figure something out now, I'll just put it off. Life is long; I can take my time to think about it!'

She gave a carefree smile. "Don't worry. For a good long while, I'll be staying in Bailong Village. The provincial government has high expectations for your company, and I believe in you. One day, everyone will know who you are!"

Chen Erbao knew what she was thinking and understood that she was still hesitant.

Of all his women, Zhao Ruoying had the strongest sense of self. Once she set a goal, she was even more persistent than Xia Qingxue.

Without the Joyful Technique, Chen Erbao would have had absolutely no chance of winning over a woman like her.

"I don't care about all that. As for money, as long as I have enough to live on, I'm happy. Being able to live a quiet, stable life with you all is more than enough for me."

Hearing this, Zhao Ruoying was deeply moved and threw her arms around Chen Erbao.

She hadn't caught that Chen Erbao had said "with you *all*"...

"Oh, right, Ruoying, there's something big I need to tell you."

Chen Erbao suddenly remembered the matter of the Pure Maiden Divine Skill.

'If he wanted to make Zhao Ruoying completely give up her political career, he just needed to make her fall even more deeply for him...'

'Once the Pure Maiden Divine Skill is in play, who can possibly compete?'

Seeing his unusually serious expression, Zhao Ruoying grew more serious as well, sitting up straight in his arms. "What is it?"

Chen Erbao looked at her seriously and said, word by word, "Actually, I'm a Martial Arts Master!"

Silence...

Zhao Ruoying stared blankly at Chen Erbao, her face devoid of expression.

After a long moment, she burst out laughing, her face blooming into a beautiful smile. "A Martial Arts Master... Er Bao, are you feeling sick?"

She placed her small hand on Chen Erbao's forehead, looking surprised. "You don't have a fever..."

"..."

Chen Erbao's face darkened.

'Why is her reaction so different from Lin Rui's and Lin Zhiqing's...?'

'Oh, right. Lin Zhiqing and the others have seen what I can do.'

Chen Erbao closed his mouth and sent a message using his Divine Sense: "I'm not lying to you. I really am a Martial Arts Master!"

"???"

The voice echoed directly in Zhao Ruoying's mind. She froze for a moment, glanced left and right, and after confirming no one was speaking, she looked back at Chen Erbao and asked in bewildered surprise, "Er Bao, was that you talking?"

"Who else?"

Chen Erbao transmitted again.

A look of shock appeared on Zhao Ruoying's face. She stared at Chen Erbao in disbelief, then reached out and touched his throat, as if she couldn't quite believe it.

Chen Erbao rolled his eyes in resignation and decided to try another method.

He raised one hand and snapped his fingers in front of her.

SNAP!

A small flame WHOOSHED to life on Chen Erbao's fingertip.

Seeing this, Zhao Ruoying was completely dumbfounded. "Is... is this a magic trick?"

She even started to reach out, wanting to touch it to see if the fire was real.

Afraid she would burn herself, Chen Erbao extinguished the flame before speaking. "So, believe me now? I really am an expert—a very powerful one."

Zhao Ruoying was still having a hard time accepting it. "You mean, like on TV? Leaping across rooftops and scaling walls?"

"More or less..."

"Then do you have Inner Power?"

Chen Erbao casually thrust a palm toward the far wall.

BANG!

With a sudden loud bang, the silk banner hanging on the wall swayed violently. Where Chen Erbao had aimed, a clear handprint had appeared!

Zhao Ruoying stared in shock at the sunken palm print, utterly stupefied.

For something straight out of a novel to happen in real life was too great a shock for her to handle.

She couldn't accept it all at once.

"I know it's hard to understand. It's okay, take your time. Actually, the main reason I'm telling you this is that I want to teach you a Cultivation Technique so you can practice Cultivation with me. That way, we can dual cultivate, make progress together, and what's more, it can grant you eternal youth and a long life!"

Zhao Ruoying was still in a daze and only half-listening, but her eyes lit up at his last sentence. "Really?"

"..."

'It seems that no matter how formidable a woman is, she can't resist the promise of eternal youth.'

"Of course... Don't you want to be able to leap across rooftops and retrieve things from a distance?"

"I do!"

Zhao Ruoying blinked, her eyes full of anticipation.

Chen Erbao nodded, gently touched a finger to the spot between Zhao Ruoying's eyebrows, and transmitted the Pure Maiden Divine Skill to her.

Zhao Ruoying instinctively closed her eyes and stood rooted to the spot, beginning to process the new memories that had appeared in her mind.

After a long while, she came to, her face flushed with excitement. "This Divine Skill says we can even fly! Is that true?!"

"We can... As long as you cultivate properly with me, you'll definitely be able to fly!"

"Okay."

A whole new world had just opened up for Zhao Ruoying, and she was incredibly excited. With a rare, mischievous twinkle in her eye, she said:

"Er Bao~ Should I start calling you Master now?"

"Hiss..."

Chen Erbao's eyes widened as he looked at Zhao Ruoying, a thoughtful expression on his face.

'Master...'

'Now that could be interesting...'

Chen Erbao chatted with Zhao Ruoying until noon before finally leaving the village chief's office.

He had completed one of the three main tasks he had to do upon returning to the village.

Reassure his girlfriend, expand the factory, and develop the security and herb companies!

The first was more or less done. The other two weren't difficult; they would just take some time.

To be honest, making money no longer brought him any joy. His only sources of happiness, aside from fulfilling his own potential, were women.

'Sometimes he even wondered if he had grown a dick, or if a dick had grown him...'

But it couldn't be helped. A man is a boy until the day he dies. Even now, with a beauty on each arm and surrounded by gorgeous women, he still felt a stir of impulse whenever he saw a pretty girl.

When he got home at noon, Fang Yun was already back from work and making lunch.

Chen Dabao was training dogs in an empty lot in the village and wasn't back yet.

"Er Bao, Medicine King Hall sent your things back," she said. "There were several large boxes, so I had the workers move them to the warehouse."

"Got it."

Now that the Spirit-Containing Objects had arrived, Chen Erbao could set all his plans in motion.